Oral history.; Interview conducted on August 17, 1977 with Mrs. Betty Carter at her home in Greenville, Mississippi. Carter was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. She attended Newcomb College where she met her husband, Hodding Carter. Together they...

Oral history.; Norman discusses the creation and work of the Mississippi Humanities Council, the people responsible for its early development, and its programs concerning race relations and public education.

cartoon by Eddie Germano; Pollution is the topic of this cartoon. Factories and transportation vehicles are shown creating pollution, and a thick layer of smog has covered the cartoon. A man in the corner says,"Had any fresh air lately?...

cartoon by John Riedell; The 1970 census is the topic of this cartoon. A Texas ten-gallon cowboy hat gallops past, with an Illinois stovepipe hat trailing behind. Illinois and Texas are represented as people at the bottom of the cartoon, and...

A collection of ten interviews with participants in the Mississippi civil rights movement. The people interviewed discuss how they came to participate in the civil rights movement, their various activities, including voter registration, Freedom...

Oral history.; An interview conducted on May 19, 2008 with Laura Clare Thompson Creel. A life-long resident of Biloxi, Mrs. Creel recounts her family history and experience dealing with hurricanes, including Hurricane Katrina.

Oral history.; An interview conducted on September 4, 2008 with John Hairston, Chief Executive Officer of Hancock Bank, Gulfport, Mississippi. Mr. Hairston discusses his family history, experience during Hurrican Katrina, and the economic impact...

Oral history.; An interview conducted on August 25, 1971 with Erskine Caldwell (1903-1987). Mr. Caldwell was a prominent American author whose works include Tobacco Road, (1932) and God's Little Acre (1933).

A collection of interviews with African-Americans of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, circa twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, who knew Colonel John Robinson, an African-American pilot who was tapped by Ethiopian Emperor Haile Sellassie in the...

Oral history.; An interview conducted on February 22, 2007 with Paige Roberts, Director of Southeast Mississippi's Chapter of the Red Cross, who discusses the hurricane season of 2005, especially Hurricane Katrina's lingering devastation.

Oral history.; Interview conducted on August 27, 1993 with Frank Ellis Smith at his bookstore in Jackson, Mississippi. Smith was born on February 21, 1918 in Sidon, Mississippi. He is a six-term U.S. representative from Mississippi who is best...

Drawn from a collection of ten interviews with participants in the Mississippi civil rights movement. The people interviewed discuss how they came to participate in the civil rights movement, their various activities, including voter registration,...

Oral history.; A native of Mississippi, Mrs. Bates received degrees from Tougaloo College and West Virginia University, with further study at the University of Colorado and the University of Denver. She has been a resident of Denver, Colorado, for...

Oral history.; Interview conducted on June 5, 1999 with Victoria Gray-Adams at the McCain Archives at the University of Southern Mississippi. Gray-Adams was born November 5, 1926 in Palmer's Crossing, Mississippi. She became known for her work in...

Oral history.; Two interviews conducted with Clarence Magee. The first interview takes place on November 30, 2012. The second interview takes place on September 22, 1997 and was continued on February 09, 1998. Magee was born May 14, 1932. He was...

Oral history.; Interview conducted April 24, 2007. Larry McGill is from Laurel, Mississippi. He remembers growing up deeply involved with the civil rights movement as it evolved in that community. His mother, in particular, was a vital activist in...

Oral history.; Interview conducted March 21, 2004. John Frazier was born in Greenville, Mississippi. As a young boy, he was aware of racial conflict and became involved in the civil rights struggle early. Frazier started a Youth Chapter of the...

"Oral history.; Interview conducted June 7, 1999 with Charles Bolton. Joseph August pursued civil rights activism in Mississippi as an outsider.
Originally from New York, he came to Mississippi in the summer of 1965 as part of his
involvement with...